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===2022: copyright transfer to Commonwealth===
On 24 January 2022, the Commonwealth government announced, after more than three years of confidential negotiations,<ref>{{cite web | title=Who is Harold Thomas, the man who created the Aboriginal flag? | website=ABC News| publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=25 January 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-25/aboriginal-flag-who-is-harold-thomas/100779922 | access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> that Thomas had transferred the copyright in the flag to the Commonwealth.<ref name="pm">{{Cite web
The Commonwealth agreed to fund a scholarship in Thomas's name for Indigenous students to further the development of Indigenous governance and leadership and an online education portal on the flag's history. An original painting by Thomas detailing the transfer of copyright would be "displayed in a prominent location" by the Commonwealth. All royalties from the copyright are to be transferred to the [[NAIDOC Week|National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee]], and $2m would be devoted to establishing a not-for-profit organisation that will make periodic payments for activities related to the flag.<ref name=butler2022>{{Cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/24/australian-government-buys-copyright-to-aboriginal-flag-in-20m-deal| last=Butler| first=Josh|title=Australian government buys copyright to Aboriginal flag in $20m deal|work=The Guardian|date=24 January 2022|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-24/aboriginal-flag-copyright-transferred-to-commonwealth/100778324|title=Aboriginal flag made freely available for all Australians, after Commonwealth secures copyright|work=ABC News|date=24 January 2022|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="SMH flag">{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/free-for-all-copyright-for-aboriginal-flag-transferred-to-public-hands-in-20m-deal-20220124-p59qpb.html|last=Harris|first=Rob|title=Free for all: Copyright for Aboriginal flag transferred to public hands in $20m deal|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 January 2012|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
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